More than Forty Blinks

by Sereg


Introductions

A/N: All right. So, I’ve gone ahead and started a sequel to An Earth Pony’s Guide to Magic (and am likely turning this into a series of fics as I have ideas for future plots as well). That said, I think that this fic should be understandable without having read the first fic in the series as Star Swirl isn’t  difficult to understand character-wise and she’s been reduced from protagonist to secondary character. I’m still looking forward to other people writing about her and this version of Equestria though. Also, warning, this fic is significantly darker than the last, but it shouldn’t be full on GRIMDARK.  

 

More than Forty Blinks

 
Chapter 1: Introductions  

“All right,” said Blinky as she placed her hoof against the side of the mineshaft. “It’s about there.”
“And you have no idea what it is?” asked Inky as she walked out of the shadows and into the torchlight. The place was otherwise empty.
“I’ve never felt anything like it before!” replied her younger sister. “It seems like a gemstone, but it’s hollow with something inside it and the shape seems different every time I check!”
“Let’s find out then,” said Inky. She turned around and bucked the wall of the cavern, reducing the surrounding area to rubble. The rubble slowly shifted downwards, revealing a pulsing, colour-changing gem-like object. Its shape was irregular, but rapidly shifting. The sisters concentrated on their connection to the earth in an attempt to understand what they had just uncovered.
“It seems to be using the natural flow of magic through the earth to alter itself,” Blinky commented.
“There’s something inside,” the darker earth pony  added with a distant voice. “It doesn’t feel...right.”
“Well, we have to crack it open then!” said Blinky.
“Are...you sure that that’s...a good idea?” asked Inky.
“What kind of archaeology student would I be if I didn’t find out what’s inside?” asked the light grey pony with enthusiasm. “I have to ask, ‘What would Daring do?’”
“All right,” sighed Inky. This time, she bucked the crystalline object, shattering it into shifting pieces. Inside was a white sphere about the size of a pony. It rolled forward and the path it left behind was equally white and as smooth as glass.
“HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO COME ACROSS THE DOMINANT SPECIES, THE INSTANT I AM FREED!” said a voice.
“Hello?” asked Blinky.
The older sister began to back away slowly. “Blinky...I’m scared.”
“Don’t mind my sister. She’s a bit shy,” said Blinky.
“HER MANE IS ASSYMETRICAL,” replied the voice. “THAT IMPERFECTION SHALL BE PURGED.”
“That’s not a nice thing to...” began the archaeology student before the ball rolled forward and touched her. “Wh-what’s happening to me!?” she gasped as her hoof turned white and her legs began to follow. The ball’s shape began to shift.
“Stop that!” cried Inky. “Leave her alone!” She stomped her front hooves down and a boulder rose from the ground. She spun and bucked it at the then amorphous blob as Blinky’s cutie mark flickered and disappeared. The rock smashed into many tiny, white balls of identical size.
“YOU DARE TRY TO HARM ME!? I AM GIVING YOU A CHANCE FOR PERFECTION! TO BECOME PART OF SOMETHING GREATER! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!” There were now two Blinky’s in front of Inky, though each was cutie mark-less and white, save for their red eyes. “THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE BASIC MODEL!” They turned to Inky and poked her. She screamed as she transformed into an identical looking mare. As she did so, they said, “WE ARE CONFORMITY! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED! YOUR SPECIAL TALENT SHALL ADAPT TO SERVICE US! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!”
Back in Ponyville, Doctor Whooves was trying to revisit a picnic he’d had with his family. Nothing happened. After running a quick check with growing panic, he noticed that the only time magic he had access to was his internal clock. He immediately started running in the direction of Canterlot. The last time he had lost his powers, a certain draconequus had stopped being a statue. He needed to warn Princess Celestia that something was wrong immediately.

(/)

Princess Celestia was sitting before the Day Court and was busy listening to a petition by Baroness Gem Dust to relieve the costs of freight transport when one of her guards walked over and whispered into her ear, “A pony claiming to be ‘The Doctor’ is demanding to see you, Princess. He says to tell you that he finds ‘time unmalleable’, whatever that means."
Celestia’s smile dropped and her eyes widened. “Court is adjourned! We will reschedule the rest of the agenda!” she ordered to cries of protest. Celestia ignored them and flew to the window. She quickly found the statue she was looking for. “Still there,” she sighed. “Unless it’s an illusion. Spear Point, wake Princess Luna and tell her that I need her to guard Discord’s statue and check that nothing’s wrong with it.”
“Yes, Princess.” A guard saluted and left the room.
“Battle Ground, take me to The Doctor.”
“Right away, Princess.” The original guard led her into the next chamber where Doctor Whooves was pacing frantically.
“Blimey, am I glad to see you, Princess,” he sighed.
“What happened, Time?” asked Celestia.
“Just wanted to do a routine visit to a former picnic when I realised that my internal clock is the only thing working,” replied Doctor Whooves
“Have you checked with your colleagues yet?” asked Celestia.
“No. I wanted you to be the first to know.”
“Thank you,” said Celestia. Thankfully, all time pones who had agreed to work with her had been enchanted with a connection to her, in a similar way to how she magically infused her Day Guard and Luna her Night Guard, though obviously not to the same extent. Still, it made situations like the current one easier. She lifted her glowing horn and in a flash of light, the room was filled with ponies with hourglass cutie marks. Colgate removed her scrubs.
“Princess, what’s wrong? I was with a patient.”
“Are they in danger without you?” demanded Celestia.
“No,” admitted Colgate.
“Then I need you all to check if you have access to your time magic beyond your internal clocks.”
Colgate’s eyes widened. “I don’t know how long that’ll take me!” she cried in panic. The room was soon filled with similar cries of dismay.
“Calm down, my little ponies,” said Celestia. “I am doing my best to find the root of the problem and solve it. I have others I need to see desperately first though.” With that, she teleported away.

(/)

Twilight was busy reshelving again when Celestia teleported in with a bright flash of light. “Holy guacamole!” cried Spike as he shielded his eyes.
“I’m sorry to drop in on you like this, my faithful student, but I need your help with some tasks more easily explained in pony.”
“What’s the matter, Princess?” asked Twilight in concern as she moved forward.
“I have reason to believe that Equestria is under threat from a dangerous foe, but I’m unsure from who. Firstly, I need to make sure that your friends are all fine.”
“They seemed fine last time I...”
“Bring them to me!” Celestia urged.

(/)

The bearers of the Elements of Harmony were soon assembled. After looking over them, Celestia sighed. “The good news is that you are still connected to your elements, so I do not think that Discord could have escaped, though I have Luna guarding him in case. The bad news is that I have no idea what the problem is then. So I am asking you all to help me with my investigation by searching for anything out of the ordinary. I will let my other agents know as well. Twilight, I need your help in speaking to a former classmate of yours. I understand that you met her again recently and were amicable to each other, which is good as we don’t get along well.”
“Why wouldn’t she get along with you?” asked Twilight. “And why is a former classmate of mine involved?”
“I’m sure she’ll explain that to you later,” replied Celestia. “The rest of you can search in the meantime. We will be at the gates of Tartarus.” With that, she teleported out with Twilight.

(/)

Twilight and Celestia reappeared on the cracked ground before the gates of Tartarus. “Why are we here, Princess?” asked Twilight.
“You’ll discover that soon enough, Twilight,” replied Celestia. “For now, follow me.” Celestia led the way as she walked right up to the gates themselves. They were charred and rusted pieces of black, twisted wrought iron topped with spikes, covering a large, dark cave whose entrance seemed to be a jagged, toothed maw stained with blood. The cave was filled with an unnatural darkness and thick fog which smelled of sulphur. The walls of the cave glowed with a deep red as the searing lava passed through them and the floor was covered in ash which filled the cracks in the ground. Above the gates was an iron plaque on which the words, “Remember that there is still hope, all who enter here,” were written. In front of the gates were a large three-headed dog and an ornate desk covered with paperwork. Behind the desk sat a dark coated miniature alicorn with a pale blue mane and a grim expression. On her flank was a cage of bones encasing a pair of red eyes in the darkness.
“Celestia, to what do I owe the...pleasure?” she asked.
“Plutonia, I already know what you look like. You can drop the illusion.”
“This is more official. It is basically my uniform. There are expectations of what the alicorn of death should look like.”
“Well, I brought one of your old class mates. Surely you can drop the disguise for her?” Twilight peeked around Celestia and the other alicorn smiled as her coat shifted to bright yellow and her mane became a shorter, fluffier purple. She was now obviously a filly, though her cutie mark remained.
“Twilight! Thanks again for returning my dog!"
“It was a pleasure, Pluto. So, how’s magic kindergarten?”
“Same as it has been for decades.” She glared at Celestia.
“You are only 700. You need time to train properly,” said Celestia.
“You passed Cadance and she is only 180!”
“Cadance is only a demi-alicorn and as such matures much faster than we do. Also, Cadance never had a temper tantrum that resulted in the souls of the dead wandering aimlessly for three days, forcing the spirit of her predecessor to fix up the mess and resulting in the legend of the Headless Horse.”
“Firstly, that story is awesome,” said Pluto lifting a hoof in divine proclamation. “Secondly, stripping me of my title was way too harsh a punishment! Thirdly, what does that have to do with my lessons!?"
“If you don't know, you're obviously not ready to pass.” Pluto glared at her again, but Celestia ignored her gaze. “I am here because I need to check the book,” Celestia said firmly
“And which book might that be, Celestia?” asked Pluto as she fluttered her eyes innocently.
“The red one,” replied Celestia.
“Well, to apply for that, you will need to fill out these forms in triplicate.” She levitated a pile of scrolls onto the desk. “You know that the details in this book are given out on a ‘need to know’ basis.”
“Plutonia, Equestria may be under threat. The last time I suspected that, I nearly lost Canterlot! Please don’t be difficult.”
“Please, Pluto. We need your help!” added Twilight.
Pluto sighed. “All right, Twilight. For you.” She levitated up a red covered book with the title “The Book of Great Evils”. “I will be reading it though. Let us start at the beginning. Morning Star...”
“I refuse to believe that he is alive,” replied Celestia. “Cadance is his current successor and he was much more powerful. He would have taken back his powers from her if that were true. Until I have confirmed that there is something wrong with her, I will believe that she is fine."
“All right. I will stop with chronological order and I will just throw out names. Tell me when you want me to elaborate. Tirek, Permafrost, Chrysalis, Grogar, Catrina, Havoc, the wizard of the crystal mines, the windigos, Tiamat, Cornucopia while under the influence of love potion...”
“You cannot blame her for that!” cried Celestia.
“She still brought a country to ruin. Her prince is listed here as well. Being listed in here has less to do with how evil one was and more to do with how high a threat they posed. Speaking of which...Nightmare Moon.” Pluto raised an eyebrow.
“Next!” hissed Celestia.

(/)

Pinkie climbed her way out of the grand piano and onto the stage. She then ran over to a grey earth pony mare and hugged her. “Cousin Octy! How are you!?”
“Pinkamena, we’re trying to practice here!”
“Aw, Octy. Don’t be like that! I just wanted to know if you’d noticed anything unusual! I’ve told you a zillion times to just call me Pinkie! I know you can do it! You manage sometimes!”
“Unusual besides you, Pinkie?” asked Octavia. “No.”
“All right. Guess I’ll have a look-see out at the farm next.” Pinkie smiled and jumped back into the piano and crawled out from under a rock. “That’s funny,” she said as she twisted her head into odd positions to examine her body and look under a rock as she raised an eyebrow. “I’m all the way out here! How’d that happen?” She then turned around and gasped. Her ancestral home was now completely smooth and white, as were the surrounding fields she had failed to arrive on. The rocks were all unnaturally spherical and nopony was in sight. Pinkie ran into the house and began searching for her family, but found no trace of them. Her mane began to sag in worry and she grabbed one of the round, white rocks before heading for the boulder that she had arrived under.

(/)

“...The Smooze, Discord...”Plutonia continued to drawl before Pinkie popped out from under her desk. “Who are you and what are you doing here!?” shrieked Pluto. “If you are an inmate, I suggest that you surrender now!”
“This is Pinkamena Diane Pie. She is the Bearer of Laughter,” sighed Celestia. “She is very good friends with Twilight Sparkle. She is also charmingly eccentric. Did you find anything, Pinkie?”
“My family isn’t home and everything’s all white and funny-looking! It’s all smooth! Look!” She held out the rock and Celestia froze
“White and smooth...Plutonia, what does the book say about Discord?”
“A lot. Son of Entropy and Havoc, Discord was the most powerful draconequus of his generation, partially due to the fact that he killed and ate his brother, Destruction, as well as his father’s avatar. Discord’s front left...”
“Skip to how he was defeated.”
“All right.” Pluto began turning pages frantically. “The powers and crimes sections are quite extensive for him. Ah, here we go. Discord was most recently defeated when he was turned to stone by the Elements of Harmony. At the time, the Bearer of Magic was Twilight Sparkle, the Bearer of Honesty was Applejack Apple the Fifth, the...”
“How about failed attempts during his previous reign?”
Plutonia frowned. “The attempt before the Elements of Harmony were used was the release of the Orb of Conformity by Justitia.”
“Of course,” Celestia sighed. “I need to check the magic in this rock.
“I know the perfect pony, Princess! Star Swirl!”
“Ah, yes. I remember her letter.” “But what does this mean, Princess?"
“I don’t know yet. I first want to be sure what this is.”
A Rainbow streak landed in their midst. “There’s a huge white patch on the ground and it’s growing towards Sweet Apple Acres!” Rainbow reported.
“All right, Rainbow. I need you to warn the Apple family. Twilight, Pinkie, I need you with me when I speak to Star Swirl. Can you take us there, Twilight?”
“I know the journey on hoof, so yes,” said Twilight. Her horn shimmered and they disappeared as Rainbow flew off back towards Ponyville.

(/)

Star Swirl dropped the tube she was holding in shock as the room was filled with a flash of light. She winced as the test tube cracked and looked up. “Princess Celestia! I’m so honoured to meet you again! And now you have Twilight Sparkle, Bearer of the Element of Magic and Pinkamena Diane Pie, Bearer of the Element of Laughter with you! What a wonderful day!” She dropped to her knees and bowed.
“Star Swirl, You know us well now. Why are you grovelling?” asked Twilight.
“Because I’ve never spoken to you together!”Star Swirl insisted.
“All right,” Twilight sighed. “We need you to figure out what kind of magic was involved in making this.” She levitated the rock over.
Star Swirl frowned and touched it with her hoof, whereupon her eyes widened dramatically. “I’ve never felt anything like it! Everything has been fundamentally altered to be more uniform. It feels a bit like Discord, but as if his magic had reversed and is not quite at that level of power. And...there’s also what feels like alicorn magic, but a different...no two different alicorns from any I know. They feel similar, but different."
Celestia sighed. “Please do not panic at what I am about to show you.” There was a flash and the four ponies were suddenly standing on a field of red dust, surrounded by a protective bubble. The sky had turned pink.
“I think I like this place!” said Pinkie.
“Did the rock feel like this place?” asked Celestia.
“Y-yes,” replied Star Swirl.
Celestia sighed again. "Then it is confirmed. This rock was created by Conformity.” They teleported back into Star Swirl’s apartment.
“Who’s Conformity, Princess?” asked Twilight.
“And where were we?” added Pinkie.
“We were on Mars, the planet associated with the alicorns who created Conformity,” replied Celestia
“Two? But I thought that only one alicorn could be associated with each planet, moon or sun at a time!” said Twilight as her eyebrows jumped.
“Conformity took a long time and a lot of power to be made. I could tell you the tale of her creation, but I can tell you almost nothing about Conformity herself. She was meant to be a powerful warrior designed to fight Discord. Justitia could not control her though and Discord quickly sensed that an individual was ruining his chaos, so he imprisoned her. She was not released when Discord was turned to stone though, indicating that the world is more harmonious with her imprisoned.”

(/)

One of Conformity’s bodies walked up to the door to the Apples’ home. She then turned round and bucked the door which shattered and landed in a stack of identical white planks. She walked in as Granny Smith stirred from her nap.
“Hellooo? Is somepony at the door?”
“DO NOT FEAR! WE ARE HERE TO RELIEVE YOU OF THE SYMPTOMS OF OLD AGE! YOUR DISTINCTIVENESS SHALL BE PURGED! YOUR LIFE SHALL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN!” Granny Smith rose from her couch.
“What’s that yah’re talkin’ abou’?”
“SURRENDER AND JOIN US! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED! ACCEPT OUR GIFT!” The Blinky-shaped being moved forward and tapped Granny Smith on the muzzle.
“What’re yah...!?” cried the matriarch of the Apple family before her face was also reformed into a white likeness of Blinky’s.

(/)

“So yah ain’t seen nothin’ strange?” asked Applejack.
“Nnnope,” replied Big Mac as he shook his head.
“Help!” called Applebloom’s voice. Big Mac’s ear flicked and he frowned at the sound.
“But Ah hear somethin’ strange! Applebloom, where are yah!?”
At that moment, Rainbow flew down to meet them. “There you are!” she cried. “A huge white blotch is spreading into the farm!”
“What’re yah talkin’ abou’?” asked Applejack. “An’ why’s Applebloom callin’ fer help?”
With that, Applebloom galloped into view. “Help! She looks like a pony, but she’s a monster! She did somethin’ tah Granny!”
“WE HELPED HER ACHIEVE GREATNESS! HER BODY WAS WEAK AND WE PURGED HER OF THE INDIVIDUALITY WHICH WEAKENED HER!”
“An where is she now?!” growled Applejack.
“They made her inta one of them!” cried Applebloom as she waved a hoof in the direction of the white pony.
“THERE IS NO LONGER AN EDITH SMITH! THERE IS ONLY CONFORMITY!”
“Yah monster!” yelled Applejack as she scraped a hoof along the ground. “Yah think y’all will git away with this!?”
“OF COURSE! ALL WILL BECOME ONE WITH CONFORMITY! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE!”
“Nnnope!”  said Big Mac before galloping forward and kicking Conformity in the face. She flew backwards before hitting an apple tree which straightened, smoothed out its bark, whitened and dropped its now spherical apples in a neat pile. Conformity rose as Big Mac whitened and his muscular body shrank to the daintiness of a mare.
“AS WE STATED, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE! YOUR STRENGTH IS IRRELEVENT AS IT WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN!” The former body of Big Mac joined in. “BUT WE DO NOT WISH TO THREATEN EQUESTRIA WITH DISCORD BY ASIMILATING AN ELEMENT BEARER NOW! SO SPEAK TO US AND WE WILL LEAVE YOU AND APPLEBLOOM UNHARMED!”

(/)

Conformity’s four other bodies marched into Ponyville. Lyra turned her head to view the strange arrivals. She had always had an appreciation for novelty. But she was not alone in staring at the strange arrivals. “Changelings! The horror! The horror!” cried Lily as she grasped her face.
The stares only became more pronounced as they began to speak. “CITIZENS OF PONYVILLE! WE ARE CONFORMITY! BY VIRTUE OF LOCATION, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE THE FIRST TOWN TO BE ELEVATED TO GREATNESS! YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED! YOUR SPECIAL TALENTS SHALL ADAPT TO SERVICE US! YOUR INDIVIDUALITY SHALL BE PURGED AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE GLORY OF UNITY! COME FOWARD AND ACCEPT THIS DIVINE GIFT!” Lily continued screaming. “YOU SHALL KNOW THIS GIFT WHETHER OR NOT YOU RESIST!” The bodies split up and began touching the bodies of the ponies with the typical results. The panicking only increased as Lily’s screams only got louder and the ponies tried running and flying away. Lyra tried to rise from her normal sitting position, but found that it had the disadvantage of being difficult to rise from. She was quickly tapped.
“When I said I wanted to know what it’s like to be a non-unicorn, this isn’t what I meant!” she cried, but this time, while most of her body morphed to Blinky’s likeness, her horn remained. The other bodies then sprouted horns of their own. The former body of Lyra raised her horn and grabbed a fleeing Cloud Chaser with her newly acquired telekinesis. Cloud Chaser screamed as she was tapped and Conformity’s bodies acquired wings which they immediately used to lift into the air and fly towards Canterlot.

(/)

“WE ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WHILE WE’VE BEEN SEALED, APPLEJACK AND RAINBOW DASH! WE HAVE ABSORBED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED WITH US! WHAT YOU DO NOT REALISE IN YOUR IGNORANCE BROUGHT ON BY INDIVIDUALITY, IS THAT EQUESTRIA NEEDS US!”
“How do we need you!?” asked Rainbow.
“WE ARE A FORCE WHICH WILL PROTECT EQUESTRIA FROM ITS MANY THREATS AND BRING IT TO GREATNESS!”
“Well, Ah don’t think we need yah!” growled Applejack. “Now give back Big Macintosh an’ Granny Smith!”
The white mare before them sprouted a horn. “DO YOU REALLY NOT NEED US!?” She then sprouted a pair of wings. “WE SUGGEST THAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT!” She took to the air.
“We’ve got to stop her!” cried Rainbow before lifting off herself. Applejack grabbed her tail.
“Yah have tah warn Princess Celestia! Yah wings’re faster than mah legs. Ah’ll meet y’all at the barn!
“Right!” said Rainbow with a salute before flying towards Star Swirl’s apartment.

(/)

Rainbow flew into the apartment just as Celestia finished her explanation. “Princess! There’s a freaky white mare with red eyes turning other ponies into copies of herself! She just sprouted wings and a horn and flew off! They’re heading in the direction of Canterlot!”
The ponies in the room widened their eyes and dropped their jaws in horror. “It is worse than I thought!” said Celestia. “We need the Elements of Harmony!”
“Applejack’s at her barn!” Rainbow reported. “Rarity should be with Fluttershy in her cottage!”
“Then let us go!” said Celestia. They teleported to Fluttershy’s cottage.

“Oh my goodness!” said Fluttershy. “I was just asking my animal friends if they’d seen anything.” She looked at their faces. “Is something wrong?”
“We know who the threat is,” Celestia informed her. “Her name is Conformity and she is turning ponies into copies of herself.”
“How horrible!” Fluttershy exclaimed as she crouched submissively.
"Simply dreadful!" Rarity agreed. "How can an artiste work with eveypony looking exactly the same!"
“We need to use the Elements of Harmony to stop her!” said Twilight. “We’re going to fetch Applejack now!”
“All...right then,” Fluttershy nodded. They teleported again, this time to Applejack’s barn.

“Good. Y’all’re here,” she said.
“Yes, we need to stop Conformity with the Elements of Harmony!” said Twilight.
“Conform-who?” asked Applejack.
“The freaky mare from earlier!” Rainbow explained. “We gotta show her who’s boss!” She slammed her front hooves together. Applejack’s eyes narrowed.
“Yah betcha we do!” She turned to Applebloom. “Yah gonna be safe here?”
“She’s gone already! Ah can take care of mahself.”
A dark cloud drifted down towards them and coalesced before forming an image of Princess Luna. “Sister, I sense nothing wrong with Discord...”
“Keep guarding him. I’m not letting him loose again!”
“...but I sense alicorns entering Canterlot airspace. I do not recognise them.”
“So they’re trying to take Canterlot. We’ll be right over Luna. We don’t know much about this enemy and we don’t want to exacerbate the situation.” Celestia’s eyes suddenly widened. “I’ve just lost my magical connection to one...no two of my guards.”
Luna frowned. “That isn’t good. Are you sure that you don’t want me on the front lines. If alicorns are attacking us, our end of the treaty forbidding combat by members of the Cosmic Council should be nullified.”
“If she qualifies according to the treaty,” replied Celestia.
“She?” asked Luna.
“Conformity,” replied Celestia. Luna’s eyes widened. “This is a job for the elements, Luna. We’ll be right there. Return to concentrating on your post.” The cloud dissipated. Celestia’s horn flashed once more, but this time, they didn’t move. “I can’t teleport to the chamber with the door to the elements for some reason,” said Celestia. “I’ll get us as close as I can.” The next attempt took them to the passage just outside the chamber. The eight ponies ran (or flew in Rainbow’s case) to the door and entered. The room was completely white and featureless. Where the door to the elements once were stood a bare patch of wall. Standing in the room were three copies of Conformity.
“HELLO CELESTIA! IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME!” they said. “WE HATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO YOUR MANE!”

A/N: Phew! So there we have the first chapter. I’m using a bit of stuff from other fanfics here, especially The Pony POV Series here, but anyone familiar with that series will be able to tell that I’ve adapted it a bit. There’s also some G1 references. Cornucopia is my name for the alicorn from Hearts and Hooves Day. Pluto is of course, the animation error from Lesson Zero. I’ve combined TVTropes fanon for her with my own. Permafrost is the alicorn villain from the fanon that the same thread created for Snowcatcher the Irreverent (who still needs her story told. I’ve offered to collaborate with the author who has taken on her story, but we’ll see.). Otherwise feel free to comment etc. Maybe, I’ll respond. Maybe Pinkie will and maybe Conformity will (she tells me that she isn’t assimilating humans YET though).